diff --git a/packages/devel/heimdal/package.mk b/packages/devel/heimdal/package.mk
index c820661301..cffc73f148 100644
--- a/packages/devel/heimdal/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/heimdal/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="BSD-3c"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.h5l.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/archive/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="$PKG_NAME-$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain e2fsprogs:host Python2:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain e2fsprogs:host Python2:host ncurses:host"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="heimdal: Kerberos 5, PKIX, CMS, GSS-API, SPNEGO, NTLM, Digest-MD5 and, SASL implementation."
 PKG_LONGDESC="Heimdal is an implementation of Kerberos 5 (and some more stuff) largely written in Sweden (which was important when we started writing it, less so now). It is freely available under a three clause BSD style license. "